Relief Castings
I wish I could say I enjoyed this assignment, but I experienced a lot of failures – it was defeating. That is, with the exception of the paper cast. I blended pink and violet colored construction paper, and then I added in a final layer of orange paper – which you see in the deepest areas of the casting. I was pleased with the outcome of it as I believe it is clean and encompasses the fullness of my composition. In terms of the concrete cast, a significant portion of my composition crumbled into unrepairable pieces as I was removing it from the plaster mold. Even now, the sculpture is extremely brittle – like graham cracker brittle. With the left portion of the composition obliterated, I do not think it is as strong in composition as the original. However, I am glad I have a fragment of it to present. Speaking of fragments, I attempted a Jello cast. Would that not have been cool, though? I wanted so badly to produce an edible sculpture. The Jello was just not d...